UM-BBD User Survey Comments
Comments on the UM-BBD User Survey
April 9, 1999
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Comments were received from 11/50 (22%) of the respondents to the survey, about the same percentage as last year. These were edited to remove personal identifying information and are collected here. We commented on a few of the
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Create a forum through which users can post Q&A, exchange information,
and assist each other in their search and applications (e.g., if data
sought are not present here, perhaps other users know of other sources).
> We try not to duplicate the work of others, and the Bioremediation
> Discussion Group (http://biogroup.gzea.com/) is such a forum.
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I like the links to other information, such as Chemfinder.
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Thanks for taking the time and effort to develop the site.
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Keep up the good work!
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I find your site very useful, both for my research and teaching. I have
been on your mailing list for over a year now, and I have filed and
categorized all your e-mailings; these I often return to as a Web entry
resource.
I strongly endorse the need for your effort to be supported; they are an
invaluable resource for the environmental research and education
community.
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Thanks for doing such an admirable job. I do not use the service as
much as I might. I think that it could contribute more to my research
if I accessed it more.
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Thank you very much for maintaining this useful database.
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It would be useful if the compound and reaction graphics were
downloadable in a format (e.g. MDL Molfile) that can be loaded into
structure drawing programs.
> UM-BBD graphics are accessible in structure drawing format. Download
> ChemWeb (free) from http://www.softshell.com/FREE/ChemWeb/ChemWeb.html
> Then download any UM-BBD graphic and open it with ChemWeb. You can
> save the graphic as a MOLfile or SMILES string. The graphic can also
> be pasted into some other chemical drawing programs.
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A very good web site, keep it up!
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Thank you for developing, managing, and improving on the UM-BBD. My
staff finds it very important to the work we do. Please keep up the
excellent work.
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For you prediction system it would also be valuable to include not just
links to sequences, but genetic organization of the pathways in UM-BBD
itself. Since many pathways can evolve by natural genetic mechanisms,
this could provide insights in gene shuffling leading to new pathway
gene clusters.
> Unfortunately, not all (or even most) of the enzymes which carry out
> UM-BBD reactions have been studied well enough to discover which
> genes produce them. Where genes are known, we include a search of
> GenBank on our reaction pages. GenBankšs graphical view shows
> genetic localization.
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